Dearborn, Mich., police said the department will undergo extra training after an officer was filmed complaining to a woman about not revealing she had HIV before he searched her car during an Aug. 3 traffic stop. (Jeremy Schulman via YouTube)

A police department in suburban Detroit is fuming over a video that has surfaced showing a cop scolding a woman for not revealing she was HIV positive before he searched her car during a traffic stop.

"We take these matters very seriously," Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad told The Detroit News. "We want our officers to be peak performers and a complete review will occur."

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The Aug. 3 stop in west Dearborn was recorded by the cop's dashboard camera.

In the 30-minute video, which was posted on YouTube, the officer tells the couple that the woman's HIV status "might be something you want to tell a cop if they pull you out of a car."

"I've been going through her purse and she's got earrings and s--- I'm touching, and I don't want to catch anything," he tells the male driver, who was not identified.

"I don't want to catch nothing. I got a family," the officer fumes.

The unnamed officer eventually gives the pair two tickets, one for driving without a license and one for the broken tail light, the video shows.

"Even though I'm pissed about the HIV thing, I'm still cutting you guys a break. I'm not taking anybody to jail," he tells the couple.

The unnamed officer complained that he had been touching the woman's earrings in her purse and didn't want to 'catch anything.' (Jeremy Schulman via YouTube)

The officer also found marijuana in the car, but let the pair off the hook because Jones had an expired prescription for it, according to the video.

The woman, Shalandra Jones, was working with a law firm and said to be considering suing the department, according to local reports.

Joshua L. Moore, president of the Detroit Legal Services firm, called the officers behavior "shocking, outdated and illegal."

"Officers of the law are here to protect and serve, not harass and humiliate," he told The Detroit News.

Haddad said the department was investigating the tape. Meanwhile, officers would undergo extra training about how to deal with people who have HIV or AIDS, he said.